BoCo commissioners approve 700-acre Selle Valley zone change
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The board of Bonner County commissioners voted Feb. 9 to approve the rezone of more than 700 acres in the Selle Valley, changing the land …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The board of Bonner County commissioners voted Feb. 9 to approve the rezone of more than 700 acres in the Selle Valley, changing the land …
By Reader Staff
Keep Bonner County Rural, a newly formed group of citizens dedicated to following land use issues in the county, has filed an application to amend the county’s …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously Nov. 18 to recommend denial of a 700-acre rezone request in the Selle Valley — a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
When it comes to bureaucratic battles, little else inspires the masses to assemble quite like a land use issue.
One slated to come before the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Board has chosen for the second time to postpone a hearing on proposed changes to county mining code. The …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Planning and Zoning is asking stakeholders to weigh in on updating the county’s shoreline setback code, which restricts certain uses within 40 feet …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
North Idaho may soon have a connection to a worldwide effort to launch a space-based internet service into every nook and cranny of the planet.…
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission is tabling a controversial mining ordinance change after an Aug. 20 workshop made clear that the issue was …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
On the Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission agenda for Aug. 27 is a code change that, if enacted, would streamline and simplify the permitting …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Planning and Zoning Commission voted at a hearing June 4 to recommend changes to Title 12. The proposed amendments, which will have …
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